Excellent Post!
As usual, Gigabet has provided us with a concept that has been obviously well thought out, and is indeed thought provoking.
As I understand it, I believe that Gigabet will make his decisions based with an underlying theme based on his original Gigabet Dilemma along with the tactics laid out in this post.
The fact of the matter seems to be, the amount of chips in terms of blocks(amounts) versus the position of these stacks (blocks) in relation to us.
The total amount of -EV that we can stand in any given situation I believe would depend on the advantages gained via both these principles i.e. "Blocks" gained vs. lost along with the positions to where these blocks go.
Now, I may be way off base with this, but perhaps the Q3 hand that Gigabet called the all-in with illustrates this.
http://archiveserver.twoplustwo.com/...730&page=0
The fact that the short stack is on his right, in addition to the amount of chips at risk in Gigabets stack (block) intertwined with pure pot odds, makes this a no brainer all in. If he loses this -EV play the chips move to his right and not to his left.
As a side note, the fact that tolumax had KK was never a consideration. Anyway I didn't want to re-open that thread, I was just looking to find an example.
Gigabet, I hope I'm on the right lines. If not please let me know.